Chapter 761: News from North Korea
Holding his two-year-old son Feng Huishi, slowly walking in the back garden of the palace, Feng Yunshan was actually thinking about the future direction of the empire.
In the recent period of governing the empire, the overall direction has finally been adjusted, and all the ministries of the cabinet have been operating in the direction he has specified, and the empire has developed rapidly.
In addition to the 200,000 victims who were resettled in Taiwan and Ryukyu, 30,000 were directly resettled on Jeju Island.
As early as ten months ago, after the 1st, 8th, and 9th Divisions of the Infantry of the Capture Army were used as the main force to occupy Shengjing and other places, plus Chen Tianshi led the 7th Infantry Division to incarnate a horse team, wandering around the Mongolian steppe and killing, and the Mongolian tribes such as the Xilin Gol League and the Zhelimu League were scattered everywhere and fought without soldiers. After seeing that the Shengjing area was firmly in the hands of the empire, Feng Yunshan referred to the later immigration movement to the eastern part of the country, and directly from Shandong, Zhili, Henan and Anhui, the four populous provinces, especially the areas around the Yellow River and the Huai River, which often suffered disasters, in more than half a year, mobilized more than 500,000 landless displaced people and poor tenants, etc., with the strength of the two infantry divisions of the captive army to escort the whole process, and provide food expenses along the way and three months of rations to settle down, at the cost of 8 million holy yuan and 3 million stone of grain. Finally, 460,000 people were successfully immigrated to the Shengjing area. Soon after leaving Shanhaiguan, nearly 60,000 people cried and wanted to return to their hometowns, and the escort sergeants did not force them to go back on their own, but they had to return the farm tools and grain subsidized along the way to the government after they returned.
And the effect of this resettlement is also very obvious.
Taiwan Island is becoming more and more prosperous, and it is no longer a desert island without people, although it is not as good as the Central Plains, but in some plain areas and river valleys and hilly areas, every ten miles, there is a village, farming and clearing wasteland, a vibrant scene. The Ryukyu Islands are even busier. A fleet of the Outer Sea Divisions of the Capture Army, and a merchant ship that roamed around the Ryukyu Islands and traded with Japan and the South Seas, all rested in the Ryukyus.
In the Shengjing area, there were originally hundreds of Manchu imperial villages, and as soon as the Manchu nobles fled, the cultivated clothed slaves were led by the Manchu banner soldiers to flee, and those who died in battle, these imperial villages that opened up fertile fields were all captured by the captive army. Subsequently, the Chinese Empire, which rushed to Shengjing from Jiangsu, Anhui and Shandong, selected officials to govern here. As soon as the landless displaced people arrived, they just allocated land, took root, and reorganized into villages, which was just to change the names of places such as Zhangjiazhuang or Loess Village in the Shandong Plain or North China Plain to the Shengjing area.
With the displaced people who have migrated over to take root, the surrounding area of Fengtianfu in the Shengjing area seems to be the same as the Central Plains, which is already a Han farming area, and it is difficult to see the shadow of the Manqi people. It is no wonder that most of the people who have completed the maturity of the Qing army, after the Qing soldiers fled north, also fled in all directions, hiding in the deserted primeval forest. A small number of Manqi people and Xibe and Daur people who did not have time to flee changed their appearances, cut off their hair braids and pretended to be Han Chinese, and the captive army did not pursue them. Even many Xibe and Daur people did not change their ways, and directly submitted to the captive army, and were used as pioneers and guides.
Feng Yunshan shook his head, he was really tired of being an emperor. Thinking that he has basically delegated power, the civil affairs has a cabinet, and the military has a general staff, and they are all about to become the shopkeepers, but there are still so many problems to consider for themselves, I really can't imagine how those previous emperors survived! After all, the empire has only been established for a short time, and the direction has to be grasped by oneself, after all, no one can have a forward-looking and global vision except for oneself.
Looking at his son, who was already able to walk staggeringly, Feng Yunshan's heart was peaceful, and he felt like flesh and blood were connected, which was really good.
It's a pity that this moment of tranquility is not easy.
Zuo Zongtang and Mao Qi, under the leadership of Liu Shengbang, have already probed their brains at the arch of the corner of the garden.
Feng Yunshan sighed, handed over the son in his hand to the palace maid not far behind him, and beckoned to Liu Shengbang, and the two trotted over embarrassedly.
"Your Majesty forgives me, Weichen didn't want to disturb Your Majesty, but it's really ....." As soon as Zuo Zongtang arrived in front of him, he bowed and took the initiative to beg for mercy.
Moltke knelt down on one knee and saluted.
Moltke followed Zuo Zongtang's side, has been able to slowly transfer some Chinese, and get along with Zuo Zongtang for a while, he found that his direct boss is so wise, full of strategy, is just limited to the art of cold weapons, otherwise, he really can't compare with it, but he also has his own advantages, the precipitation of the Danish and Prussian Junker officer system makes him have a good military command foundation, as His Majesty the Emperor said, he likes himself, it is this most basic and comprehensive comprehensive military staff system.
Liu Shengbang also rubbed his hands helplessly.
"When did Ji Gao become so hypocritical? Something big happened that made my Zuo Aiqing and Mao Aiqing come together. Feng Yunshan made a joke, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
Zuo Zongtang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, after receiving an urgent report on the military situation in the north, the Eighth and Ninth Divisions of the Infantry and another 30,000 recruits who have expanded in the north, a total of more than 50,000 captive troops have attacked all the way to the north, and the march has been smooth, and now it has occupied the entire territory of Shengjing, and the main castles of the former Manchu Qing Dynasty, such as Jilin, Baidune, Alchuka, Ningguta, Qiqihar, etc., have also been occupied by our army, leaving only the three surnames of Hulunbuir, Morgen, Heilongjiang and Jilin in Heilongjiang, and a total of 4 sub-metropolitan areas have not been occupied by our captive army. ”
"Your Majesty, just like the analysis earlier, in addition to the 6,000 Horqin Mongol cavalry and the 3,000 troops of the Hezhe tribe at the end of last year, the rest of the tens of thousands of Xibe and Daur people, Hezhe people, and Sauron tribes living in Jilin and Zhelimu League have all turned their backs on the Manchu people and asked me to take the army as vassals. Now that the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty only have 40,000 troops left, plus more than 100,000 clansmen and more than 200,000 other tribes, Yixun has fled in a hurry before our army attacked Alchuka City, and led the main force of the Qing army to flee directly into Heilongjiang City to hold on. In addition, there were also some Manchu garrisons in Hulunbeiyuer and Butha cities, Sanxing cities and the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, as well as Yaxa, Erle and Hada along the river. Your Majesty, the remnants of the Manchu Qing have suffered a great loss in strength. However, now that the north has entered winter again, our army is unable to launch an offensive again, so we can only stop our troops and rest. ”
Feng Yunshan was overjoyed and shouted, "Good! I want to congratulate the soldiers on the front line, and when they return triumphantly, I will personally celebrate their achievements! However, Zuo Aiqing, is this news? ”
"Your Majesty, there is also an important military situation, but there is a situation on the North Korean side. After Qin Rigang led 20,000 troops into Korea, he went around killing and plundering prisoners and expanding his troops, coercing the Korean people to join the Taiping Army, and the strength of the army was rapidly expanded to 50,000. The Korean army was weakened, the lord Li Yu sent troops to encircle and suppress, and the two sides had two fierce battles in Dingzhou and Qinchuan, which damaged each other, and the Korean army was greatly damaged, and although the Taiping soldiers were only more than 30,000 people, they were more than 50,000 people after a little coercion. Seeing that he could not be defeated, the lord of North Korea Li Yu actually recruited An, but he didn't expect that Qin Rigang also agreed to surrender to North Korea for some reason and professed his vassal to the lord Li Yu. Li Yu still named Qin Rigang as the king of Yan, and gave Qin Rigang the three cities of Changseong, Shuoju and Sinuiju in northern Korea to Qin Rigang. ”
"Oh, North Korea has clearly miscalculated! That Qin Rigang's wolf ambition was to see my army go to recover Shengjing, so he fled to North Korea, how could he turn back and fight with the captive army? And what about later? ”
"Your Majesty is wise!" Zuo Zongtang sighed with a gloating face: "According to the military report, a month and a half ago, a peasant rebellion suddenly broke out in Wonsan in eastern Korea, and thousands of people captured Wonsan City and raised their banners to rebel, and the Li family hurriedly dispatched troops to suppress it. At this time, Qin Rigang seized the opportunity, after the rest and recuperation of his subordinates, with the coerced 30,000 Korean heroes as the front, took the opportunity to send troops to capture Pyongyang, and captured the entire Pyongan Province and the entire Hamheung Province of Pyongan Province. Moreover, as soon as the Taiping army occupied the city of Pyongyang, Qin Rigang could not wait to proclaim himself the king of heaven there, claiming to restore the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”
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